Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1919 — WHAT HAS BECOME OF RUTH LAW AVIATRIX? [ARTICLE]

WHAT HAS BECOME OF RUTH LAW AVIATRIX?

Say* tho Lafayette Journal in It* Editorial Column. Capt. E. F. White, an army aviator, has successfully accomplished a non-stop flight from Chicago to New York, covering 727 miles m six hours and fifty minutes, an average speed of 106.38 miles an hour. This feat recalls to mind the fact that Rujfch Law was the last to make the attempt and she was unsuccessful. The fate of this young avitatrix is one of the mysteries of the war. Newspaper readers will recall that a couple of years ago she was much in. the public press as a result of her ability as an aviator. Quite- suddenly the newspapers quit carrying stories concerning her. No explanation was made. Other big stories were breaking in such quick succession that nothing was thought of the fact that Miss Law was no longer furnishing copy for a dull night. Then came rumors that Ruth Law had been arrested as a spy who was lending aid and comfort to Germany. But no official confirmation of these rumors has ever been made public. There is one rumor to the effect that *be was nanged. Andther story is to the effect that instead of being hanged she faced a firing squad somewhere in New York state. It may be that she has been interned. Another story was to the effect that Ruth Law was not a woman, but a man in disguise. Perhaps the truth will be known some day, but at any rate Ruth Law has disappeared from the news stories of the day as effectually as though the earth had opened and engulfed her.